Grow South East (South East Metropolitan Region)
Resident workers - Hours worked
42.3% of the resident workers in the Grow South East (South East Metropolitan Region) work 40 or more hours, compared to 44.6% in Western Australia.
Hours worked shows the distribution of employment hours for the Grow South East (South East Metropolitan Region)'s residents. Full-time employment is considered 35-hours and over.
The hours worked by employed people in the Grow South East (South East Metropolitan Region) depends on a number of factors:
- The availability and take-up of part-time work;
- The industry sector in which they work;
- The occupation level and requirement or opportunity to work overtime, and;
- The age structure and household structure of the working population.
Hours worked statistics should be viewed in conjunction with Age structure, Occupations and Income to provide more insight into the observations made.
Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) – Census 2011 and 2016 – by usual residence
| Resident workers hours worked | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grow South East (South East Metropolitan Region) | 2016 | 2011 | Change | |||||
| Hours worked | Number | % | Western Australia% | Number | % | Western Australia% | 2011 to 2016 | |
| None | 8,020 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 9,203 | 4.3 | 4.7 | -1,183 | 22001 |
| 1 hour - 15 hours | 26,984 | 11.8 | 11.9 | 22,853 | 10.6 | 10.8 | +4,131 | 22002 |
| 16 hours - 24 hours | 23,309 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 20,172 | 9.4 | 9.2 | +3,137 | 22003 |
| 25 hours - 34 hours | 24,385 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 20,178 | 9.4 | 9.5 | +4,207 | 22004 |
| 35 hours - 39 hours | 44,992 | 19.7 | 17.2 | 38,870 | 18.1 | 15.8 | +6,122 | 22005 |
| 40 hours | 43,323 | 19.0 | 17.8 | 40,130 | 18.6 | 17.4 | +3,193 | 22006 |
| 41 hours - 48 hours | 21,008 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 23,632 | 11.0 | 10.9 | -2,624 | 22007 |
| 49 hours or more | 32,290 | 14.1 | 17.3 | 35,645 | 16.6 | 19.6 | -3,355 | 22008 |
| Not stated | 3,964 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 4,527 | 2.1 | 2.0 | -563 | 22009 |
| Total persons | 228,275 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 215,210 | 100.0 | 100.0 | +13,065 | |
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing (opens a new window) 2011 and 2016. Compiled and presented by .id (opens a new window), the population experts.
Dominant groups
Analysis of the hours worked by the Grow South East (South East Metropolitan Region)'s resident workers in 2016 compared to Western Australia shows that there was a similar proportion of people who worked part-time (34 hours or less) as well as a similar proportion of people worked full-time (35 hours or more).
Overall, 36.2% of the resident workers worked part-time (34 hours or less), and 62.0% worked full-time (35 hours or more), compared with 36.5% and 61.8% respectively for Western Australia.
The major differences between the hours worked by the resident workers of the Grow South East (South East Metropolitan Region) and Western Australia were:
- A larger percentage of resident workers worked 35 hours - 39 hours (19.7% compared to 17.2%)
- A larger percentage of resident workers worked 40 hours (19.0% compared to 17.8%)
- A smaller percentage of resident workers worked 49 hours or more (14.1% compared to 17.3%)
Emerging groups
From 2011 to 2016, the number of the resident workers working full-time (35 hours or more) in the Grow South East (South East Metropolitan Region) increased by 3,336 people (2.4%).
The largest changes in hours worked by the resident workers in the Grow South East (South East Metropolitan Region) between 2011 and 2016 were:
- 35 hours - 39 hours (+6,122 people)
- 25 hours - 34 hours (+4,207 people)
- 1 hour - 15 hours (+4,131 people)
- 49 hours or more (-3,355 people)